Article 5 “Principles relating to processing of personal data. Head 1(f). processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures (‘integrity and confidentiality’).”

Wazuh’s File integrity monitoring (FIM) helps on this task by watching specific files and triggering alerts when these are modified. The component responsible for this task is called Syscheck. It stores the cryptographic checksum and other attributes from file or Windows registry keys and regularly compares it to the file’s current checksum.